

Biden allies insist that despite polls showing lagging enthusiasm among the Democratic base for the 80-year-old president, his party is solidly behind him. Obama is featured in a new campaign video to encourage small-dollar online donations before Friday’s donation deadline. Pritzker of Illinois as well as former President Barack Obama, among others. The president is also marshaling the whole of the Democratic Party to dial for dollars, enlisting help from Govs. “I’m not the essential man, but I represent the essential country.” “The reason I’m standing here is in large part because of you all,” Biden said to a small crowd gathered in a high rise overlooking Central Park. The Biden campaign has been mum before the July 15 reporting date about how much he has raised at the often freewheeling gatherings but is confident about the size. The pair of evening events are Biden’s ninth and 10th fundraising receptions of the past two weeks, numbers matched by Vice President Kamala Harris, first lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff. NEW YORK (AP) - President Joe Biden closed out an end-of-quarter campaign blitz Thursday with a pair of Manhattan fundraisers hosted by Wall Street power brokers, a funding push designed to put Biden on strong financial footing for a 2024 White House contest expected to set spending records.
